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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue 4, Pages 591-595Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.12.005
Keywords
tympanostomy tube; biofilm; Pseudomonas; otorrhea
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [R13-2003-009-02001-0] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Objective: Bacterial biofilm formation has been implicated in the high rate of persistent otorrhea after tympanostomy tube insertion. In this study, we evaluated Pseudomonal biofilm formation from intractable post tympanostomy tube otorrhea in children. Materials and methods: Twelve patients (seven mates, five females) with unilateral post tympanostomy tube P aeruginosa otorrhea were evaluated prospectively. All patients were treated with ciprofloxacin otic drops but the otorrhea failed to resolve. Ear discharge for culture was collected from the external auditory canal using a swab. The tympanostomy tubes were removed and collected for evaluation of biofilm formation using a scanning electron microscopy. Results: In all cases, ciprofloxacin-resistant P. aeruginosa was the only organism grown. The surface of the silicone tube contained undulations or microfissures throughout. The thick biofilms present on most tube surfaces were densities with no intervening spaces, consistent with biofilms. Conclusion: Biofilms can be directly observed by scanning electron microscopy. Therefore, our results demonstrate that bacterial. aggregates called biofilms, that are resistant to treatment by antibiotics, can be detected by standard culture techniques, and may play a major etiologic role in posttympanostomy otorrhea. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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